Plastic bullets: significant risk of serious injury above the diaphragm.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
A series of 123 patients who attended a district general hospital in Belfast over a 14-year period from 1975, sustained 126 plastic bullet injuries, resulting in one death and several serious injuries. This report shows the significant association of serious injury and/or death from plastic bullets in which the impact is above diaphragmatic level.
Medical subject headings
- Craniocerebral Trauma
- Plastics
- Thoracic Injuries
- Wounds, Gunshot